Employment direction of applied psychology major 1) Applied psychology major can enter the school as a teacher, a college psychology teacher, a mental health education and counseling teacher, a college student political counselor, a primary and secondary school mental health education teacher, a student psychological counselor (class teacher, student work), and a scientific researcher in an educational institution. Generally speaking, it is easier for graduate students to become teachers in universities, but it is relatively difficult for undergraduates. The teachers of mental health consultation and counseling in primary and secondary schools are mainly undergraduates, especially girls are more likely to find jobs than boys.
2) Applied psychology majors can be civil servants in administrative institutions. At present, the administrative institutions that college students can enter are mainly the public security system and the education government management department. There is a great demand for psychology graduates in some special industries, such as judicial departments, public security bureaus, labor camps, prisons and so on. And education administration and scientific research departments at all levels have a certain number of admission indicators every year.
For the "iron rice bowl" teachers and government civil servants, the employment competition is fierce and the requirements for graduates are relatively high. Study hard, student cadres, party member and graduate students are all hard indicators in the competition. Without a postgraduate degree, it is difficult for teachers to enter the university. Entering the government as a civil servant, the annual examination has certain restrictions on fresh graduates, and the number of places is limited. So, it is not easy.
3) Applied psychology majors can join the army. In recent years, grass-roots companies and armed police forces recruit college students with psychological background from local colleges and universities, specializing in military ideological and political work and psychological counseling, which is a new way for college students to find jobs. For college students majoring in applied psychology, it is easier to get good grades and get higher pay by joining the army to do psychological counseling or ideological and political work for soldiers. In the series of Armed Police Force, there is a certain demand for college students majoring in applied psychology such as fire fighting force, border inspection and drug control.
What is the employment prospect of applied psychology major? In developed countries and many developing countries, applied psychology health care and consultants are very popular. Relevant data show that there is one counselor for every thousand people in the United States and one counselor for every two thousand people in Germany. They are well paid, respected and enviable. In China, there is only one counselor for every 250,000 people. In the well-off society 100 standard formulated by the relevant state departments, the number of counselors per 10 population has been regarded as an important indicator. On March 20, 2005, only 277 certified psychological counselors were awarded the first batch of national applied psychological counselors certificates in Beijing and obtained the national "psychological counselor" certificate.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the employment flow of graduate students majoring in applied psychology in China mainly includes universities, public security and judicial organs, primary and secondary schools, hospitals and clinics, and psychological counseling institutions. , engaged in consulting, research, teaching, psychological counseling and other work. , but the actual employment situation and salary level, career development and so on.